She completed a series of drawings in felt pen on clay board, inspired by Hubble images. In 2008, Hamilton began challenging herself, taking on the cosmos using pointillism. She graduated with a bachelor degree in Computer Science and has enjoyed a lengthy, successful career working in IT, all the while maintaining art as her true passion and stabilizing foundation. She soon became disillusioned with art school, switching to Information Technology (IT). At the age of 18, she was awarded top 25 (Governor's Medallion) in a state-wide competition for a painting titled, “Sheep."Īfter graduating from high school, Hamilton attended University of Cincinnati, majoring in Fine Art. While attending Dublin Coffman High School, she attended art lessons at Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD), where she learned the basics of drawing and painting. Hamilton began working in oils and acrylics in her teens. Her artwork has been referred to as “graceful-yet-intense.” She has loved creating art since childhood. Magazine S: (S.Julia Hamilton enjoys creating intricate line drawings, brilliant mixed media artwork, and intriguing digital paintings in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Hudson Valley Almanac Weekly: The Art of Tea (cover story), Jan 2016 Organic Hudson Valley Magazine: Creating Art Out Using Repurposed Materials, May-June, 2016ĭisney Malaysia: Lukisan Atas Uncang Teh, May 2016 Tea Journey Magazine: Teabags too Charming to Compost, Sept 2016 T Spain: The New York Times Style Magazine, Mar 2017Įmotion Magazine (Germany): Neue Kleider für alte Beutel, Feb 2017īeyond Paper: The Art of a Tea Bag, Sept 2016 The Daily Gazette: Artist Gives Recycling a New Meaning, Apr 2017 Khaleej Times (Dubai, UAE): Why these Artists Don’t Toss Damp Teabags in the Trash, Apr KoffieTcacao Magazine (Dutch): arTea, Summer Vida Simples (Brazilian Art & Design Magazine): Doses de cha e arte, Ana Holanda, MarchĪda (Sri Lanka Magazine): Ruby Silvious adds a new meaning to the tea bag, NovĬloth Paper Scissors Magazine: Artist Profile, July-August La Stampa (Italian newspaper), Jan-front page, Culture Section Reclaim Magazine (UK Interiors publication), Oct (7-page feature)ĭas Magazin (German Art & Design Magazine), Apr-May (8-pg feature) Opalus (Canadian Fashion & Fine Art Magazine), Oct (6-pg feature) The Afterlife of Discarded Objects, Memory and Forgetting in a Culture of Waste, by Andrei Guruianu and Natalia Andrievskikh (Parlor Press), pgs 184-185įLOW (Dutch quarterly crafts magazine): Tea Tales, Winter 2018 TOPYS China, Jan 2019, Diary on a Tea Bag, pages 83-85 Ronda Limpia (Recycled Exhibit), Palacio de Congresos, Malaga, Spain-May 2014Ģ013 Revealed: Masks & Totems, Phoenix Center of the Arts, Phoenix, AZ - December 2013Ģ012 Japanese Influence: Layer and Line, Albany Center Gallery, Albany NY - Sept 2012įence Show: The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY - June 2012Ĭreative Sojourn in Italy : Il Bisonte per lo studio dell'arte grafika, Florence Italy - June 2012 Re-made and Recycled, Washington Artworks, Rockville MD - Aug-Sept 2014 Singular Impressions, The National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY - Feb - Apr 2015Ģ014 Over the Edge, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY - Oct 2014 REcycle, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY - May-June 2015Ī Celebration of Birds, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT - May 2015 Recycled Runway, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY - May 2015 IAM Pocketsized, Islip Museum of Art, Islip NY - June-Sept 2015 Anyway, Pick Love!, Fulton Gallery, Troy NY - May 2016ĭialogues, Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea NY - Jan 2016Ģ015 40 Years/40 Artists, Greene Arts, Catskill NY - Oct 2015 Layers, Levels, Lines, Woodstock Art Exchange, West Hurley NY - Dec 2016 -Jan 2017Ģ016 Heroic Battles and Love. The Conversation, New York NY - April 27-30 2017 Her art is exhibited internationally, and is featured in public and private collections. and Asia she currently lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her paintings on tea bags, some inspired by her travels around the world, have been featured in numerous publications including CNN Travel, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, North American Review, Good Morning America/ABC News, and the internationally syndicated Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Ruby wants viewers to keep an open mind and think beyond the boundaries of what they may consider traditional art. She is the author of 363 Days of Tea: A Visual Journal on Used Teabags (Mascot Books, 2016), and Reclaimed Canvas: Reimagining the Familiar (Mascot Books, 2019). She draws, paints, prints and collages moody, evocative and sometimes whimsical art on used teabag paper. On January 3, 2015, she started a project called 363 Days of Tea, a visual daily record of her impression of the moment, using the emptied-out tea bag as her canvas, and altering it to create a new work of art every day for 363 days. Ruby Silvious is internationally recognized for her miniature paintings and collages on the used tea bag.
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